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   by afandian 1y ago

   Without user-generated content there is nothing to host. And in any case they long ago turned from an image hosting site into a social media site. There's reactions and commenting as a core part of the service now.
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   by afandian 1y ago

   Transactional services (I don't know if that's the right word), where you have a known user, is different from passively providing web pages that people can read and you don't track them or ask them to register for an account
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   by afandian 1y ago

   I think it's a conflict that was baked into the Internet at its conception. A non-geographic service overlaid on top of a world with a huge amount of geography and borders.
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   by afandian 1y ago

   Yeah, 100 degrees in the US is barely 38°C.
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   by afandian 1y ago

   Prior discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45418587
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   by afandian 1y ago

   BCM Steeplejacks has great write ups and pictures of the jobs they do. Lots of modern equipment, but at the end of the day it’s still very high up and they rely on the strength of their own hands. https://steeplejacks.scot/l
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   by afandian 1y ago

   No I don't! I know next to nothing about the American tax system. In fact it would surprise me if you _could_ somehow reduce your tax burden by doing vountary work.
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   by afandian 1y ago

   Are you saying that if you donate your time without pay you would still be taxed as though you _had_ been paid?
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   by afandian 1y ago

   I know what you’re getting at. I think you’d call it a type of ‘lie of omission’. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Lying_by_omission But also with some elements of ‘category error’ https://rationalwiki.org&#x2F
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    by afandian 1y ago

    I would guess there was no stainless or galvanisation available in the era they were built. I wouldn’t trust permanently installed ladders that were completely exposed to the elements! Unlike the bigger iron structures, ladders have quite a
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    by afandian 1y ago

    Thanks, I'll get in touch. But I imagine that there are lots of them floating around due to OS upgrades.
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    by afandian 1y ago

    For anyone interested in this era. I have a couple of sets of RISC OS 2 ROMs chips from 1988 sitting on my desk. I don't know if they still work. If there's a good home in the UK I'd be happy to post them.
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    by afandian 1y ago

    I like the UI, as more of a thing-to-play-with than a serious typographic tool. Each grid contains a continuous polyline.
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    by afandian 1y ago

    Also reminiscent of CNC router fonts. https://webonastick.com/fonts/routed-gothic/ Discussed here a few times. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30190397
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    by afandian 1y ago

    Thanks, got it! There's no clue that it's editable.
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    by afandian 1y ago

    How do you edit different letters? When I opened it, 'Q' is selected but I don't see buttons to change letter?
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    by afandian 1y ago

    Do you have more background links? Did it cause a national dialogue? Did anyone in government take accountability for that?
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    by afandian 1y ago

    I visited Sweden this summer. One or two things accepted only Swish payment. Seems to be impossible for a visitor to use, you need to set it up with your bank. I managed by asking a friend to use theirs. But don't assume that tech that
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    by afandian 1y ago

    When the UK age verification legislation was being debated I recall people saying "don't worry about unintended consequences, it's not like you'll be have to show your ID to random websites! Someone will show up with a r
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    by afandian 1y ago

    No! Only required if you want to participate in society. And what gets me is that it's not just 'you need a phone', it's 'you need a Google or Apple account'.
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    by afandian 1y ago

    This may help. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TUHgGK-tImY Or may not.
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    by afandian 1y ago

    Yes. You can donate to the foundation but not only do they prevent earmarking, they actively don't use it for browser development. I even mailed them back in June to confirm. They replied: ... > When you donate to the Mozilla Founda
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    by afandian 1y ago

    It's famously impossible to donate money to Firefox (at least for users).
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    by afandian 1y ago

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/MINASWAN
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    by afandian 1y ago

    That has to be the oddest Godwin’s Law ever. Any why?
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    by afandian 1y ago

    Amusingly Firebase auth (a Google product) has such a bad reputation with GMail that standard procedure is to bring your own mail service. Or your password-reset emails are binned.
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    by afandian 1y ago

    That's crazy. If you want to play something minecraft-like, Luanti (VoxeLibre) is really excellent. I play it with my child, and it's indistinguishable from 'real Minecraft'. https://www.luanti.org/
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    by afandian 1y ago

    I use KeePassXC which does empty the keyboard after a few seconds. But keeping history seems like a breaking change to the social (if not technical) contract of the OS' clipboard API.
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    by afandian 1y ago

    Including passwords from password managers?
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    by afandian 1y ago

    Not such a good idea as you thought. Measurable only with a Head-mounted Vernier Gauge Idea Micrometer. https://anycrap.shop/product/head-mounted-vernier-gauge-idea...